Dallas Baptist University Athletics

High School
2008 graduate of Mansfield High School... Played for Head Coach Gary Vaughan… 1st Team All-District selection in 2007 and 2008… Chosen to play in the North Texas All-Star Game after senior campaign… Played summer baseball for Bruce Kirby and the Fort Worth Cats.

2009 Patriots
All-Independent Second Team... Tied with fellow freshman, Ryan Behmanesh, for second-most appearances on the staff (21)… Tied Victor Black for second on the team in victories after producing a perfect 6-0 record out of the bullpen… First collegiate outing came against Central Arkansas on March 10 when he faced only one batter over the minimum in two innings of work… Next appearance came against Louisiana Monroe at home on March 18 pitching 2.2 innings in relief of Victor Black to close out the 14-7 Patriot win… Threw two scoreless innings against Minnesota in Game 3 of the series at Patriot Field… Picked up the first win of his career after throwing 3+ innings of relief against Louisiana Tech on March 27… Threw 1.1 innings of perfect baseball against Rice at Reckling Park… Second win came against Houston Baptist in a 14-8 win at home… Threw two scoreless relief innings against Oral Roberts at home in a 5-4 win… Hurled another scoreless inning against Northeastern on April 10 as part of a 12-2 victory… Longest outing of the year came against Northern Colorado at home pitching 5+ innings, striking out seven, to pick up the win in relief… Twirled two scoreless innings against Sam Houston in a 6-2 win in Huntsville… Fifth victory of the year came in an 11-10 win over Texas A&M after throwing 4 innings out of the bullpen… Threw four innings of relief against UTSA to pick up his sixth and final win of the year on May 12… Appeared in the final game of the year against Oral Roberts to throw four innings, giving up one run on three hits.

Personal
Full name is Michael Robert Smith… Son of Dale and Tammi Smith… Has one sister, Tara… Kinesiology major… Favorite big leaguer is Pudge Rodriguez… Favorite hobby is reading and being around friends… Favorite Bible verse is Joshua 1:9.